Reboot, a NYC-based Jewish think tank with members in LA and SF, hopes stressed, hyper-connected Americans will do exactly this on the National Day of Unplugging. Putting a modern spin on the ancient practice of sabbath, the nonprofit is encouraging a day of rest from sundown today to sundown Saturday. Its Sabbath Manifesto suggests participants do the following:

Avoid technology

Connect with loved ones

Nurture your health

Get outside

Avoid commerce

Light candles

Drink wine

Eat bread

Find silence

Give back

In other words, STOP! Give yourself (and your batteries) a break. Interact with fellow earthlings. And just be. In this Huffington Post piece by Tanya Schevitz (a former Chronicle reporter and now a Reboot communications staffer in SF) Sabbath Manifesto creator Dan Rollman extolled the virtues of turning off your computer and gadgets for a day:

“Adding a modern Sabbath will ideally reward with the same riches this ritual has provided for centuries — a chance to catch our breaths, replenish our souls and reconnect with the living, breathing people we love.”